The Collaborative International Dictionary
Davy Jones \Da"vy Jones"\ The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors.
This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of
sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil
spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes
warning the devoted wretch of death and woe.
--Smollett.
Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean, or bottom of the ocean.
Gone to Davy Jones's Locker, dead, and buried in the sea; thrown overboard.
Locker \Lock"er\, n.
One who, or that which, locks.
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A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock.
Chain locker (Naut.), a compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables.
Davy Jones's locker, or Davy's locker. See Davy Jones.
Shot locker, a compartment where shot are deposited.
--Totten.
Usage examples of "davy jones's locker".
If we don't, before very long we stand a hundred to one chance of being sent to Davy Jones's locker.
And if that pirate was anywhere around when the sun came up, he was going to Davy Jones's locker faster than the Arizona went to the bottom of Pearl Harbor.
We want to do somethin' to leave our mark in the world, so we'll be remembered after we're in Davy Jones's locker.
These were the casualties of piracy and the sea, those who did not go down to Davy Jones's locker or fiddler's green, who did not walk the plank or dance from a yardarm but who had been so maimed that they went no more to sea, although many an injured man did if he was a known gunner or the like.
Ole Chow's galley, with all our grub, was in Subro an' she's gone to Davy Jones's locker.
A few more cracks like that and the Mazy Zed project would be as good as in Davy Jones's locker.
I've been a sailor, but I never liked the idea of Davy Jones's locker.
Hardy, tell Aunt Gertrude for me they've gone to Davy Jones's locker.
He arrived at the door looking like a tattered ghost fresh out of Davy Jones's locker.